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Chamelea gallina   (Linnaeus, 1758)

Striped venus clam

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Portugal country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: never/rarely | Ref:
Regulations: no regulations | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from Algarve coast (Refs. 2758, 82278), in Vilamoura (Ref. 82278). It was dredged from a depth of 5 m (Ref. 2703). C: Refs. 2703, 82278; O: Ref. 2758.
National Checklist: Portugal
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/po.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Gaspar, M.B., M.N. Santos and P. Vasconcelos, 2001
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names / Names Nomi Comuni | Sinonimi | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS

> Venerida () > Veneridae (venus clams)

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecologia

; distribuzione batimetrica 5 - 25 m (Ref. 2758).   Subtropical, preferred 12°C (Ref. 107945); 72°N - 27°N, 19°W - 42°E

Distribuzione Stati | Aree FAO | Ecosystems | Presenze | Introduzioni

Eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean.

Length at first maturity / Size / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?, range 1 - ? cm Max length : 5.0 cm SHL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 78075)

Biologia     Glossario (es. epibenthic)

Depth based on occurrence (Ref. 2758, p. 805); to be replaced with better reference. Minimum depth from Ref. 2703.

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecundity | Larve

Members of the class Bivalvia are mostly gonochoric, some are protandric hermaphrodites. Life cycle: Embryos develop into free-swimming trocophore larvae, succeeded by the bivalve veliger, resembling a miniature clam.

Main reference Bibliografia | Coordinatore | Collaboratori

Gaspar, M.B., M.N. Santos and P. Vasconcelos. 2001. (Ref. 2758)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)


CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Human uses

Pesca: commerciale
FAO - Acquacoltura: production; pesca: landings, species profile | FishSource | Sea Around Us

Strumenti

Informazioni ulteriori

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Morfologia
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Abbondanza
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Fonti Internet

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(pesca: species profile; publication : search) | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, ricerca) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 8.4 - 18.9, mean 11.6 (based on 608 cells).
Resilienza (Ref. 69278) Alto, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione meno di 15 mesi (K=0.43; tm=2).
Prior r = 0.50, 95% CL = 0.33 - 0.75, Based on 3 data-limited stock assessments.
Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low to moderate vulnerability (33 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Medium.